Boston Globe -- Bob Ryan columns http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/ryan en-us 2009-11-28T09:54:48Z Boston.com http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif No defense for latest move http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=d94d5878ad490a3ec83f64ca94cb2fcb http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2009/11/28/no_defense_for_red_sox_letting_gonzalez_slip_away?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Bob+Ryan+columns Here&#8217;s one thing we can say about Alex Gonzalez. The ball is hit to short and you can write &#8220;6-3&#8217;&#8217; in your scorebook without looking up. 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